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50.000 Soles de Oro
| Issuer | Banco Central de Reserva del Perú |
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| Year | 1985 |
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| Value | 50.000 Soles de Oro |
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| Reverse lettering | BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA DEL PERÚ 50000 CINCUENTA MIL SOLES DE ORO |
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| Protection description | Portrait watermark of Nicolás de Piérola, visible in the blank panel at left on the obverse when held to light. |
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By 1985, Peru's sol de oro was in terminal decline. Inflation had been accelerating for years, and the 50,000-sol denomination — unthinkable a decade earlier — was a direct consequence of a monetary system that would be replaced entirely the following year when the inti was introduced at a conversion rate of 1,000 soles de oro to one inti. This note was effectively born obsolete.
Bundesdruckerei's involvement reflects a broader pattern among Latin American central banks sourcing security printing from West Germany during this period, when domestic capacity couldn't keep pace with the volume demands of high-inflation economies.